As Priscilla Presley ’s panel at Salt Lake City’s FanX was coming to a close, the moderator turned to her and asked her to share something she wanted those in attendance to know about her.
“About me?” Presley said with a laugh. “I’m a private person. I don’t tell things about myself.”
To some extent, it was a joke. Presley was thrust in the spotlight at a young age as she became involved with Elvis Presley at 14.
In the years following Elvis’ death, she began her own career in the film industry and released a memoir about her romance with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll — a reflection that recently got the cinematic treatment from director Sofia Coppola .
But, as Presley made clear during the FanX convention — which tens of thousands of people attended over three days — her presence in the public is primarily about one thing: keeping the spirit of Elvis alive.
While Elvis has certainly never faded from the spotlight, she said, there has been renewed interest in him due in part to films like Coppola’s “ Priscilla ” and Baz Luhrmann’s “ Elvis .”